Willow, Wesley, Fred, Giles, and Tara sat at one of the long tables in the downstairs area of the Leaky Cauldron. It was morning and they we eating breakfast. Wesley was reading the paper.
“So you guys didn’t find anything?” Tara asked.
“No, I’m afraid are research proved inconclusive,” Giles said.
“Do you British people ever say anything without using lots of words?” Willow asked.
“I beg your pardon,” Giles said.
“This is interesting,” Wesley said.
“What?” asked Fred.
“There’s been another murder,” he elaborated, “Not to far away. Very similar the man bore the same mark as first did.”
“Was there anything else similar about them,” Dawn asked as she sat down with Connor.
“It doesn’t say.”
“Perhaps we should research the two men and see if they have anything in common,” Giles said.
“They’re men,” Dawn offered as Anya and Xander walked over hand in hand.
“Thank you that’s very helpful,” Giles said, sarcastically.
“What are we talking about?” asked Xander.
“The similarities between the 2 men who were murdered,” Fred said.
“They’re evil,” Anya said, matter of factly. In response to the looks she got, “All men are.”
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Buffy closed her suitcase, when she heard the door knock.
“Come in,” she yelled.
Spike entered the room, “Are you ready yet slayer?”
“Yeah, I think so.”
“What do you make of this he who must be named fellow?”
“I don’t know. Who knows if it even is him?”
“Yeah, there are a lot of bad things in this world.”
“Spike, did you come in here just to check on my packing and have a philosophical discussion or did you have a reason?”
“Well, I was going to ask Cordy her opinion of my outfit but she was busy so I’d thought I’d ask you,” he replied sarcastically.
Buffy frowned, “Were you born this big a pain of an ass or is this a recent development?”
“What can I say baby, I’ve always been bad.”
“You’re a moron.”
“Do you always have a stick up your ass?”
“I’m sorry. I thought having a murderer on the loose was a good time to be serious.”
“You’re not as smart as you think you are, you know that.”
“And you’re not as badass as you think you are.”
“Oh, someone has their panties in a twist.”
“Don’t think for one second….” Buffy voice trailed off it wasn’t until now that she had noticed how close together they were, “What were we arguing about?”
“I have no idea,” Spike said with a smirk as he pushed a piece of hair behind her ear and bent down and gave her a kiss.
Buffy gently pushed him away as she gasped in surprise, “this is wrong,” she whispered, still in his arms.
“But it feels right,” he said as he kissed her again and this time she didn’t resist.
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“Hey, Buffy. We have to go…” Cordy said as she opened the door to Buffy’s room only to find Buffy and Spike, making out, “Wow.” The pair broke apart, “We have to go or we’ll miss the train.”
“Okay,” Buffy said as she grabbed her bag and headed downstairs with Cordelia.
Spike was following them but he was out of ear shot.
“So, You and Spike?” Cordy said with a smirk.
“Yeah, I don’t know it just happened. One minute we were argue and then the next he was kissing me.”
“So?”
“So, what?”
“How do vampires kiss?”
“Pretty well,” Buffy said, a smile spreading across her face, “Why do you ask?”
“I can have a thing for Mr. Brooding.”
“Angel?”
“Yeah,” he said in response to hearing his name.
“How much did you here?” Cordy asked.
“Not much,” he lied. He had heard everything and was pretty happy to learn Cordy had a thing for him.
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The group stood, staring at the wall between platforms 9 and 10.
“Are you sure you read the ticket right?” Fred asked.
“Yeah, it says Platform 9 and ¾,” Gunn replied, looking at the ticket once again.
“So what do we do now?” Spike asked, cocking his head.
“You run through it,” a voice replied from behind them. When they turned to look they saw Harry, Ron, and Hermione.
“Hey guys,” Dawn said with a wave.
“Hey,” Harry said, walking over to her.
“Oh this is Spike, Angel, Buffy, Fred, Willow, Wesley, Tara, Cordy, Giles, Anya, Xander, and Gunn,” Connor said, indicating everyone, “This is Harry, Ron, and Hermione.”
“Hey,” everyone said.
“So we just run through,” Buffy asked after everyone had been introduced. Xander was standing next to her. He felt something wet fall on his shoulder. ‘Bird poop,’ Xander thought with a scowl but when he looked at his shoulder and touched it he found something else. He found blood.
“Eww,” Xander said as he looked up but no one heard him.
“Yeah,” Harry said to answer Buffy’s question.
“Hey guys,” Xander said, “Guys!”
“What it is?” Buffy said, looking where he was straight up. She was horrified at what she found. There was a dead man tied up therein the same way the first had been, he was stripped naked and burned on his chest was the same symbol that had been haunting her dreams, since the first murder.
“Ahhhh!” Dawn screamed.
“Oh my god,” Cordy said, “What the….” But her voice trailed off as the vision over took her. She opened her eyes and found she was on the floor. She put her hand to her head, “Okay, no fair. I became demon and risked growing a tail so I could avoid the pain of these visions.”
“Is she okay?” Ron asked no one in particular.
“Yeah, I think so, she had visions it’s her thing,” Dawn said to him.
“What did you see?” Buffy asked from, where she was kneeling next to Cordy.
“It was hard to make out. All I saw was this pair of eyes.”
“Eyes?” Xander said.
“Yeah, red or I don’t know. He face it was like rock. That’s all I got I’m sorry.”
“Don’t worry as long as you’re okay,” Angel said as he helped her.
“Yes, besides we have a train to catch,” Wesley said.
“What about?” Connor said, indicating the body.
“We’ll take care of it,” a man said, “Please board the train before to much attention is called.” Angel couldn’t help but realize it was one of the same men he had seen the day at Diagon Alley. He worked for the ministry. Everyone ran through the wall and appeared on Platform 9 and ¾.
“Wow,” Xander said when he saw the massive train that was the Hogwarts Express.
“You can say that again,” Connor said.
“Man, you white folks are living it up,” Gunn stated as the all made there way through the crowd and towards the train.
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